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Lastly, for leads get round bullets of different 
sizes from half an ounce up to two ounces, with 
large holes bored through them. Tie them to 
to the loop of your line just above the trace with 
weak string, so that the bullet breaks off if you 
are caught up. A trace such as the one 
described, with a half-ounce bullet and a 
copper spoon armed at the head, weighs just 
over two ounces. 
That concludes tackle, and it will be unread¬ 
able to all but the fisherman. I sincerely hope 
it will be some use to him. 
Enough has been said already about playing 
a dorado. Gaffing presents no special features : 
he is certainly no harder to gaff than a salmon, 
and if anything easier. But there are one or 
two points worth knowing after you have got 
him into the boat. Do not let him loose before 
he is dead, for a forty pound dorado kicking 
about in a cranky canoe would be an awkward 
companion. Hold him on the gaff, a few inches 
off the floor, and then let your companion or 
boatman kill him with a knife, at the base of 
the head, in a little depression you will notice 
there. Finally, do not put your fingers into his 
mouth to get the hook out, for I verily believe 
a big one would have them off. When he is 
dead, prize his mouth open with the butt of the 
gaff, and extract the hook with your knife or 
with a slip of wood. Your gaff must be a strong 
one, with a six foot handle. 
J 
